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Hi All,

Been away playing farmer for the last couple weeks so I'm just getting 
caught up on my email (all 1100 of them) but I thought I'd add my two cents.

First off I was very saddened to hear of Paul's accident and our 
revisiting what we as a group can do to better manage risk is a good 
thing.  I'm fundamentally in favor of a more structured peer review of 
rotary installations and would be happy to help where I can.

I'd suggest that perhaps we should investigate further if this could be 
rolled into a special group inside the EAA tech. counselor's program as 
they already have the infrastructure to support such a program and the 
reach to get the word out to as many as possible.  I think using the EAA 
might be good neutral ground to do this as the defacto ACRE vrs Fly 
Rotary split might preclude involving useful resources from one camp or 
the other and IMHO safety trumps politics.  I've got pretty good 
contacts through out the EAA as I'm sure several other do as well and 
I'm sure it would not take long to get this moving.

Just to relate my personal story how a oversight on my part could have 
been a serious problem.  I bought my engine as a factory rebuild from 
Mazda and before starting to build the engine mount I plugged and capped 
off all the openings on the engine with various automotive vacuum line 
caps.  One of the barbed fittings I capped off was to the cooling system 
that was forgot about for about 2 years.  It was only after 50 hours of 
engine running and 30 flight hours did this small unclamped cap finally 
pop off when taxing at a small grass strip last summer causing a loss of 
coolant.  I'm sure 50 pairs of eyes had looked at this rubber cap but 
this being the 1st rotary install in the area everyone assumed this was 
a vacuum line and I being the "pioneering expert" knew what I was doing 
so they didn't even question me on it.  

Perry Casson
Regina, Canada
Glastar /13B 60 hours
RV-10 / ?? under construction